The blade graphics library is a mess and causes several issues for both Zed users as well as other 3rd party apps using GPUI. This PR removes blade and implements the linux platform using wgpu whic...

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A pull request removes the blade graphics library from Zed's GPUI framework and replaces it with wgpu for Linux rendering. The change addresses stability issues, freezes on NVIDIA and Wayland compositors, and aligns with the broader Rust graphics ecosystem. The wgpu implementation shows improved memory footprint and benefits from active maintenance by major projects like Bevy. After review and optimization, the PR was approved and merged, consolidating GPUI's rendering infrastructure.

gpui: Remove blade, reimplement linux renderer with wgpu by zortax · Pull Request #46758 · zed-industries/zed